17:10 January 15
Centre plotting against farmers: Delhi Mahila Congress Chief
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Delhi Mahila Congress president Amrita Dhawan said that the government was playing with the lives of farmers, and was plotting against them. She added that the Prime Minister should come clean whether he had sold the agriculture sector to crony capitalists.
16:22 January 15
Farmers will be at mercy of industrialists: Kamal Nath
Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today joined the party's protest against the contentious farm laws in Chhindwara. Speaking to ETV Bharat, Kamal Nath said that the farmers would be at the mercy of industrialists due to the laws. He further went on to accuse the Modi government of using the funding drive for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya as a diversionary tactic.
16:01 January 15
Cops use water cannon on protesting Cong leaders in Chandigarh
Police in Chandigarh used water cannon to stop Congress members, who were marching to Punjab Raj Bhawan in protest against the three farm laws. Several party leaders were later detained by the police.
15:50 January 15
Bhupinder Singh Hooda held
According to reports, leader of opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was held by the police in Chandigarh during the party's protest against the farm laws.
"Today, the arrest of all our leaders in Chandigarh is a symbol of the dictatorship of the government. The government is trying to suppress the voice of the farmers, and wants to crush every voice raised. We will neither be afraid nor will stop," Hooda tweeted.
15:09 January 15
Illusion will soon be broken: Rahul
At the Jantar Mantar protest site, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the current government, and said that "illusion" created by the media would soon break.
14:16 January 15
Rahul, Priyanka meet protesting Cong MPs at Jantar Mantar
After leading the protest march towards LG House, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Jantar Mantar and met the protesting Congress MPs from Punjab.
14:14 January 15
Alka Lamba injured in protest
Delhi Congress leader Alka Lamba was injured during the party's protest march towards the L-G house.
According to reports, Congress leaders and the police faced off at the protest site, and as the situation grew tense, Lamba came in contact with a barbed wire and suffered a cut in her hand.
After suffering the injury, Lamba said the blood oozing out of her wound was in honour of the protesting farmers.
She added that the police erected barbed wire fences to stop the protesting Congress leaders despite the party carrying out a peaceful march towards the L-G House.
13:55 January 15
Rahul, Priyanka join protest rally in Delhi
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined the march to the Governor House in the national capital today, as part of the party's nationwide agitation to express solidarity with the ongoing farmers' protest against the three new farm reform laws.
The party has asked all its state units to gherao Raj Bhavans in their states and the houses of LGs in Union Territories.
Congress Party has demanded a repeal of the farm laws brought by the Central government against which farmer organisations have been sitting in protest at the various borders of Delhi for 50 days now.
11:31 January 15
Rahul urges public to 'speak up' for farmers
New Delhi: Asking people to join the farmers' "satyagraha" against the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday spoke out in support of the ongoing protests and against rising fuel prices in the country.
The Congress is observing the day as Kisan Adhikar Divas and will take out protest marches in all state capitals.
Participating in the "SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar" campaign of his party, Gandhi said on Twitter, "The country's farmers are holding a satyagraha against the arrogant Modi Government to win their rights."
"The entire country today is raising its voice against the atrocities being committed on farmers and the rise in price a of petrol and diesel.
You should also join this campaign and be a part of this satyagraha," he added in his Twitter post in Hindi.
Read:Congress to gherao Raj Bhavans across country, Rahul Gandhi to lead protest in Delhi
The party has backed the farmers' agitation and demanded a repeal of the Centre's three new farm laws.
The #SpeakUpForKisanAdhikar campaign was launched on a day the government and farmers are set to hold their ninth round of talks in a bid to end the deadlock.
(PTI Report)